De-Conspirator

DE-CONSPIRATOR is a Research and Innovation Action project funded by the new Horizon Europe Programme (HEurope) with Grant Agreement № 101132671. It will last thirty-six (36) months and have a budget of approximately three million euros. The project aims to examine and analyse the sophisticated information suppression tactics employed by foreign actors, notably Russia and China, within the European Union (EU) and its partner countries (PCs). Specifically, DE-CONSPIRATOR will analyse the tactics of those who initiate FIMI, map out how FIMI spreads within the EU and Partner Countries (PC) through local networks, develop a comprehensive, multilingual database of FIMI incidents, investigate the factors that contribute to the success of FIMI campaigns, and assess the effectiveness of existing legal and regulatory frameworks in the EU and nationally against FIMI. Through the research outcomes, DE-CONSPIRATOR is expected to improve the understanding of how to safeguard fundamental rights against the misuse of information, shed light on how authoritarian regimes use information suppression, and evaluate the societal impacts of such actions. Additionally, the project intends to develop policy guidelines, tools, and strategies to identify and counteract information suppression attempts in the EU and beyond.